On Friday, our friend Jeff is coming over to babysit our kids while we go see Revenge Of The Sith. This is a huge, huge favour and we now owe him big. His required payment of one cold can of Coke is already chilling in the fridge, and I have this week’s Entertainment Weekly and our XBox all ready to go. Luckily for him, Gal Smiley likely won’t be having any more big poops any time soon.

I haven’t given this movie anywhere near the thought or internet attention that I gave the first two, because I’ve been so out of the loop and into the mommy scene. I don’t know anything about the new characters or the details of the action. And I must say, now that the day is almost here, I’m actually really looking forward to seeing it. The few commercials I’ve seen on TV are pretty exciting, and just to see a few old friends — Yoda, Chewy, R2 — again, will I’m sure be a lot of fun.

I haven’t been to see a movie in the theatre since the first week of January, 2004. I wonder if I’ll feel all starstruck at being in a theatre again, or if I’ll be disappointed in what used to be an almost-holy experience for me. Recently Sir Monkeypants went to the movies and couldn’t get over how loud it was. Since we usually tiptoe around here in the evenings, and watch TV with super-low volume and closed captioning all the time, I’m sure I will feel the same.

Still, it feels good to actually be going out in the evening, with Sir Monkeypants. For that reason alone I’m sure I’ll be pretty happy with Revenge Of The Sith.